HEIDENHAIN ND 1300 VED and Crosshair Systems - Manual (Page 67)

5
Probes
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Chapter 5:
Probes
Measurements are conducted using manual crosshairs, video crosshairs or video edge detection on manual
and CNC systems. Part features can be probed manually by the user or automatically under program
control.
Video probe setup and calibration is described in Chapter 11: Setup. The measurement, construction and
creation of features is explained in Chapter 6: Measuring.
Preparing to use video probes ..........................................................................48
System and part condition .........................................................................48
Selecting video magnification ...................................................................48
Adjusting light control ..............................................................................48
Adjusting video image contrast and brightness ........................................51
Using video probes ...........................................................................................54
Selecting a probe ......................................................................................54
Selecting a probe color ..............................................................................55
Specifying probe data collection parameters ............................................56
Crosshair probe data collection parameters .......................................57
Edge probe data collection parameters ..............................................58
Collecting feature data ..............................................................................59
The auto-enter function ......................................................................59
Crosshair probes ................................................................................60
Manual probing (crosshairs) .......................................................60
Automatic probing (crosshairs) ..................................................61
Single edge probe ..............................................................................62
Manual probing (single edge) .....................................................62
Automatic probing (single edge) ................................................63
Multiple edge probe ...........................................................................64
Probe seeding ..............................................................................64
Probing a line ..............................................................................65
Probing a circle ...........................................................................66
Probing an arc .............................................................................68
Seeding to avoid erroneous data .................................................69
Recovering from data errors .......................................................70